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My Oga-At-The-Top!

Posted by Admin Wait o! Our Oga-at-the-top (Sir or Ma)! Come to think of it! The systemic and endemic corruption that has rendered our economy and nation to an almost stand still is possibly traceable to you too! You may ask me How and Why? OK! I will let you know now.... Without any iota of doubt, God has helped you attained that status of been a top official or principal officer in that establishment or organization. You now occupy a seat where you wield authority at will. You really must feel proud of that status and accomplishment that you now have whether through personal hardwork or favour. You are more comfortable than your employees or subordinates without any prejudice to them anyway. You possibly drive a fantastic car, live in a comfortably built house or about to be completed, pay your children's school fee who are in choice schools, go for holidays, events and parties at will, etc. Anyway, they are all good and wonderful things because you think you deserve...

The best excuse I’ve ever heard for calling in sick

By Richard Branson (@richardbranson) Posted by admin on 2 February 2015 Today has been dubbed National Sickie Day in the UK – because more people take this day as sick leave than any other of the year. I’ve heard some far-fetch, fantastic and fantastical excuses for skipping work in my time. But what’s the best excuse I’ve heard for calling in sick? Images from gettyimages I once called a sick crew member from Virgin Atlantic to see how she was doing, only to be told that she couldn’t hear who was on the phone as it was too noisy at Ascot! It wasn’t much of an excuse but more of a case of not covering her tracks! Ever since we started Virgin, we’ve always worked hard to keep our staff happy and healthy. We believe that if you look after your staff first the rest will follow – a happy workforce is a healthier workforce. Within our Virgin Management headquarters, we run a range of initiatives to help our people stay healthy. Fresh fruit and salad is avail...